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Biden Scraps Michigan Trip Ahead Of Anti-Lockdown Protests
2021-02-19
[National File] Joe Biden has cancelled his planned trip to Michigan today, ahead of anti-COVID lockdown demonstrations, claiming the decision was made due to weather reports suggesting that DC would receive 1 to 4 inches of snow. After Biden stopped working, calling an early "lid" at 8 a.m. this morning, it was announced that Vice President Kamala Harris will conduct in-person events instead.

Biden was scheduled to fly to Portage, Michigan today to tour a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing facility, but that trip has been postponed, with the President blaming poor weather as the excuse to stop working at 8 a.m.

The trip was cancelled before Washington had experienced any precipitation. It is also worth noting that Portage, Michigan has not experienced any snow this morning, despite temperatures plunging as low as 16 degrees Fahrenheit.

When a "lid" is called by the White House, it means that there are no in-person scheduled events for reporters. Instead, news briefings with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki will be done over the phone today.

While Biden has cancelled all of his in-person events for the day, Harris has not. At 11:15 a.m. she hosted an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House.

National File has reached out to Adam Boyd, a representative of the Michigan organization known as Us Against Media, who planned to protest Biden’s brief appearance in their state. When asked about Biden’s trip cancellation, Boyd had this to say:

Sleepy Joe Biden is now using negligent amounts of snowfall as an excuse to not show up at Pfizer in Portage. Funny how he’s so concerned about himself, when there are no storms in DC or Portage today. He lets millions of Texans freeze in their homes without running water and electricity, completely ignoring them and their cries for help. Instead, he uses the crisis as an opportunity to push for more climate change regulations that will destroy the US economy and are partly to blame for the rolling blackouts. We have seen next to no snow in Portage over the last two days. The roads are clear.

US Against Media suspects that Biden cancelled his planned Michigan trip upon the revelation that peaceful demonstrations against his policies would have ensued upon his arrival.

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Posted by:Banana Republic2021

#10  After Biden stopped working, calling an early "lid" at 8 am.

I wake up at 8AM.
Salute the Marines!
Posted by: tu3031   2021-02-19 19:32  

#9  /\ Herb your going to give me indigestion and bad dreams over that one.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-02-19 17:55  

#8  God, I hope he doesn't trip or slip and break his neck. Then look at the trouble we would be in.




Lightfoot drafted as the next VP
Posted by: Herb Grundy6133   2021-02-19 16:47  

#7  Off to get some Trophy Pics, eh?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-02-19 15:31  

#6  Biden says he plans to visit Texas and declare major disaster


Posted by: Skidmark   2021-02-19 15:12  

#5  8 a.m.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-02-19 14:36  

#4  #3 Wrong. Jill canceled because afraid he'd croak.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-02-19 12:54  

#3  US Against Media suspects that Biden cancelled his planned Michigan trip upon the revelation that peaceful demonstrations against his policies would have ensued upon his arrival.

Wrong. The old man cancelled because he wanted to go back to bed.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-02-19 11:46  

#2  Texas now grapples with water crisis as power returns to nearly 2 million homes

Maybe he can cancel a disaster tour as well.
Posted by: Betty Snineng6775   2021-02-19 09:50  

#1  After Biden stopped working, calling an early "lid" at 8 am.

American Brezhnev. World's laughingstock.

But the joke's on us: our POTUS is such a corrupt and senile buffoon that he's not even showing up for work each day.
Posted by: Phoger Slaimp9662   2021-02-19 02:28  

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